"!!!" Hearing Sora's words, the Sage of Six Paths' heart skipped a beat!
How could he know what truth Sora had determined about his body?
It was just random mystification at the time, meant to mislead Sora!
But Sora had explained his Zanpakuto's abilities to him… not offering an explanation here seemed somewhat shameful.
'Forget it, never mind.'
The Sage of Six Paths decided preserving his life was more important!
"Hahahaha, Yuki Sora, you are also the Fourth Mizukage. Some things lose their meaning if stated outright!"
The Sage of Six Paths laughed heartily.
But Sora wasn't fooled in the slightest.
"Is that so? I see. Reality is indeed stranger than fiction!" Sora murmured, nodding with understanding, confirming the nature of the Sage of Six Paths' condition!
Seeing Sora's expression, the Sage of Six Paths really wanted to roar: 'Bastard, what exactly do you think you understand!?'
But unfortunately, he couldn't roar.
Thus, the Sage of Six Paths could only remain silent.
The atmosphere fell silent.
However, they couldn't stay silent forever.
Suddenly, ice converged on the Sage of Six Paths' body, and a towering ice pillar abruptly appeared surrounding him!
Looking back at Sora, he now had ice wings flapping, his right hand encased in an ice dragon claw… he had entered his Bankai State!
"Thousand Years Ice Prison!"
Sora calmly uttered the name of this technique!
The next second, the Thousand Years Ice Prison instantly closed!
Crack crack crack!
A continuous sound of freezing echoed.
And the Sage of Six Paths, controlled by Kyoka Suigetsu from start to finish and completely unaware, was thus frozen solid within the Thousand Years Ice Prison!
"When did you!?"
Frozen inside the ice prison, the Sage of Six Paths was utterly shocked.
He looked at Sora.
Sora's gaze was distant: "So what if you can't be killed? There's plenty of wisdom in the Ninja World to draw upon for dealing with unkillable things!"
"If you can't be killed, then just seal you away by freezing, isn't that right?"
"Moreover, I can even try what happens if my cold reaches absolute zero?"
After speaking, Sora gently inserted Hyorinmaru into the Thousand Years Ice Prison!
Reiatsu far surpassing Captain-level, temperatures below the North and South Poles, poured continuously into the ice prison!
Under the infusion of Sora's Reiatsu, the Sage of Six Paths could clearly feel the temperature around him plummeting rapidly, despite normally being impervious to heat and cold!
This was a sign of the ice prison's temperature dropping!
Under extreme cold, even molecular motion slows down!
Clearly, Sora intended to use this ability to freeze the Sage of Six Paths, making him sleep on the moon like his mother!
The Sage of Six Paths' brother, Otsutsuki Hamura, moved to the moon to accompany Kaguya so she wouldn't be too lonely.
Therefore, from Hamura's feedback, the Sage of Six Paths also knew just how miserable Kaguya was.
"No! Not that future! I refuse!"
That's why the Sage of Six Paths was unwilling, as he did not want to become like Kaguya!
The brief thought process seemed long, but in the mind, it was just an instant!
Within the Thousand Years Ice Prison, unprecedented Chakra gathered in the Sage of Six Paths' ringed eyes!
One could only say, thankfully he wasn't a traditional Ninja who needed hand seals!
Because of this, he still had room to counterattack even in this situation!
Then, first, two Truth-Seeking Balls liquefied, covering the Sage of Six Paths' body with a sturdy defensive membrane!
Next, the Sage of Six Paths' ringed eyes shifted.
An unprecedented powerful repulsive force erupted from the Rinnegan!
'Super Shinra Tensei!'
'Break, break, break for me!'
The Sage of Six Paths mentally added the incantation rumored to break anything when spoken!
The next second, an intense collision erupted within the Thousand Years Ice Prison!
The repulsive force pushed against the ice prison, then the force bounced back, striking the Truth-Seeking Balls!
Seizing this opportunity, the Sage of Six Paths used the Truth-Seeking Balls to form blades, cutting at the ice prison.
Not only that, flames blazed fiercely on the Sage of Six Paths' body!
'Scorch Release! Lava Release!'
The Sage willed it.
Lava spontaneously generated around his body!
Hissssssssss-
The sound of ice melting into water, and then the water evaporating, continuously echoed within the Thousand Years Ice Prison!
Utilizing the Shinra Tensei collision, Truth-Seeking Ball cutting, supplemented by Scorch Release and Lava Release melting, a three-pronged approach… the sturdy Thousand Years Ice Prison was soon breached by the Sage of Six Paths, creating a space for himself!
"Oh, you have some skills after all!"
Watching the Sage of Six Paths' seal-less Ninjutsu, Sora was quite surprised.
"Indeed, I miscalculated!"
"So, explode!"
"Pierce the heavens and shatter, Thousand Years Ice Prison, Ice Burst!"
Under Sora's control, the massive Thousand Years Ice Prison began shattering inch by inch from the bottom!
The accumulated force of the tremendous explosion finally swept up the Sage of Six Paths!
The powerful explosive force even penetrated the Truth-Seeking Balls!
Boom!
The Sage of Six Paths' disheveled body tumbled through the void, falling towards the ground!
Crash!
His hardened body collided with the ground, producing a massive sound!